Speed Skating ISU Single Distances World Championships 2019

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Speed Skating ISU Single Distances World Championships 2019

 

Inzell (GER) - 7 February 2019 - 10 February 2019

 

 

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[Dennis 712]

Today the team sprints and the 5.000m for men and 3.000m for women. Quite exciting draws:

 

5.000m men:

1.  Graeme Fish -  Takahiro Ito
2.  Ted-Jan Bloemen -  Peter Michael
3.  Jorrit Bergsma -  Vitaly Mikhailov
4.  Michele Malfatti -  Ryosuke Tsuchiya
5.  Håvard Bøkko -  Jordan Belchos
6. Sergey Trofimov -  Andrea Giovannini
7. Davide Ghiotto - Sven Kramer
8.  Alexander Rumyantsev -  Bart Swings
9. Sverre Lunde Pedersen -  Danila Semerikov
10.  Patrick Roest -  Patrick Beckert

The favorites and outsiders spread out throughout the draw with Bloemen, (WR holder) in pair 2, Bergsma in pair 3, Kramer (3x Olympic champion) in pair 7, Pedersen and Semerikov (both won a World Cup this season) in pair 9 and Roest in pair 10.

 

3.000m women:

1. Carlijn Achtereekte -  Sofie Karoline Haugen
2.  Ida Njåtun -  Ireen Wüst
3.  Nana Takagi -  Roxanne Dufter
4. Saskia Alusalu -  Valerie Maltais
5.  Claudia Pechstein - Elena Sokhryakova
6. Evgeniia Lalenkova -  Miho Takagi
7.  Antoinette de Jong - Ayano Sato
8. Francesca Lollobrigida - Natalia Voronina
9.  Isabelle Weidemann -  Ivanie Blondin
10. Martina Sáblíková -  Maryna Zuyeva

The entire top 13 of the Olympic 3.000m in Pyeongchang are starting here, with the Olympic Champion Achtereekte already starting in pair 1. Pretty stacked draw I would say.

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

11 men with a sub-6:10 PB, the level has been getting high in recent years  

[dcro 10,210]

Slow start.

[dcro 10,210]

@heywoodu What's up with these "talentNED" suits?

 

Pretentious as hell.

[dcro 10,210]

Achtereekte

[Dennis 712]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

@heywoodu What's up with these "talentNED" suits?

 

Pretentious as hell.

It’s a sponsor. It’s an organization that focuses on developing Dutch talent in different sports. 

 

Pedersen! 

[Monzanator 4,499]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

Achtereekte

 

She finished 4th? So I guess you didn't want her to medal?

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

She finished 4th? So I guess you didn't want her to medal?

 

I celebrated when she took the lead, alas it wasn't enough.

[Monzanator 4,499]

Well, de Jong was kinda in better form this season? But Sablikova still got it done in the end which is maybe a mild surprise?